Grand adds to greatness of size the implications of handsomeness and dignity Magnificent implies an impressive largeness proportionate to scale without sacrifice of dignity or good taste. Impressive in size, appearance, or general effect In front of an audience her manner is grand and regal Grand ideas for bettering the political situation Important and large in degree
Impressive and large or important Used in the name of a… Both grand and magnificent apply to what is physically or aesthetically impressive Grand implies dignity, sweep, or eminence A grand hotel lobby with marble floors Magnificent suggests splendor, sumptuousness, and grandeur
They stayed at the grand hotel, budapest A grand is a thousand dollars or a thousand pounds They're paying you ten grand now for those adaptations of old plays A grand is a large piano whose strings are set horizontally to the ground. Of a haughty or pretentious nature. Grand (comparative grander or more grand, superlative grandest or most grand) of a large size or extent
His simple vision has transformed into something far more grand In the mean time, cluffe had arrived. Some common synonyms of grand are grandiose, imposing, magnificent, majestic, and stately While all these words mean large and impressive, grand adds to greatness of size the implications of handsomeness and dignity Where would grandiose be a reasonable alternative to grand? Rich and important, or behaving as if you are
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